22nd Seattle AIDS Walk benefit comes to Capitol Hill
On Saturday, October 4, over 2,500 AIDS and HIV activists, friends and family of those affected by the disease and concerned citizens will march through Capitol Hill in the 22nd Seattle AIDS Walk. The program will kick off at 9:20 a.m. and will include short speeches from Lifelong AIDS Alliance's staff and past board members. The Quake Rugby team will then lead the crowd in some warm-more --------------------------------------------------

Republican presidential nominee John McCain told the Washington Blade this week that he appreciates the Log Cabin endorsement and hopes that Gay voters will consider voting for him. But he also implied that he is more--------------------------------------------------

Gay liberation was a product of its times; its birth at the end of the '60s was no accident. By the time street queens and others rioted outside the Stonewall bar in Greenwich Village (June 27, 1969), the groundwork had been laid for one of America's most despised minorities to getmore --------------------------------------------------

"I'm feeling optimistic about my race," says 8th District Congressional candidate Darcy Burner. "The voters understand we have to change the direction of the country."

A Democrat, Burner is hoping to unseat incumbent Republican Congressman Dave Reichert in a districmore --------------------------------------------------

LGBTQ Homeless Youth council meets with Congressional reps
On October 3, 40 nonprofit directors, civil right advocates, policy analysts, and youth advocates from the National Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Homeless Youth will convene in Washington, DC to discuss their 2009 goals for reducing LGBTQ youth homelessness before meeting with their Congmore --------------------------------------------------

You are all invited to the 2008 National Gay Men's Health Summit, hosted by Gay City!

As Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or questioning men of all races and ages, our health as individuals and as a community is paramount. Health is about the integration of our physicalmore --------------------------------------------------

Iraqi Gay leader assassinated
The Baghdad head of the international group Iraqi LGBT was assassinated in late September, activists in London reported.

Bashar, 27, was gunned down in a barbershop.

"Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point-blank range," smore

Northwest News

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DEADLINES: OCTOBER 4 & 20.
The deadline for registering to vote in the November 4 General Election is coming up soon. To register online, to update an existing registration or to get registration requirements and additional information, visit the following websites: King County: www.kmore

National News

National NewsPolls show Prop 8 losing,
but activists are still
worried; Spielberg, wife
donate $100,000 to save
same-sex marriage
Film director/producer/screenwriter Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, donated $100,000 September 22 to the campaign to keep same-sex marriage legal in California.

Gay City Health Project, a multicultural Gay men's health organization based in Seattle, is proud to host the National Gay Men's Health Summit at the Madison Renaissance Hotel 515 Madison St., Seattle October 17-21, 2008. The Summit more
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On September 30, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation that would have officially designated May 22 as Harvey Milk Day in the state of California, honoring the first openly Gay man to be elected to office in a major city in the United States.

Time was, you weren't officially out (especially if you were a celebrity) until you declared it in public. You had to stand before a microphone and say, "Yes, I'm Gay," or "Yes, I'm a Lesbian."

Or you had to speak to Barbara Walters. Or become a spokesperson fomore-------

Ask Lambda Legal: Immigration & Asylum
Q:
My partner does not have legal residency status in the U.S. If we get married in California or Massachusetts can I petition for her legal residency as my spouse?

A:
First, a quick word about traveling to marry: Same-sex couples can currently marry in both California and Massachusetts, whether or not theymore
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